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now that's what i came to washington to do. that's why for the first time in history my administration posts on our white house visit -- posts all our white house visitors online. that's why we excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs. but we can't stop there. it's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or with congress. it's time to put strict limits on the contributions the lobbyists give to candidates for federal office. with all due deference to separation of pewers, last week the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the flood gates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections. i don't think american elections should be bankrolled by america's most powerful interests or worse, by foreign entities. they should be decided by the american people and i urge democrats and republicans to pass the bill that helps correct some of these problems. i'm also calling on congress continue down
now that's what i came to washington to do. that's why for the first time in history my administration posts on our white house visit -- posts all our white house visitors online. that's why we excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs. but we can't stop there. it's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or with congress. it's time to put strict limits on the contributions the lobbyists give to candidates for federal office....
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third, we are working to improve the coordination of development across washington. in the 21st century, many government agencies have to think and act globally. the treasury department leads and coordinates our nation's engagement with the international financial system. the justice department fights transnational crime. disease kroll -- control is a disease kroll -- control is a global cha so is the quality of air and water way is something the epa has expertise in. a growing number of agencies broaden their scope internationally and an important expertise and capacity, even working on the same issue from different angles. coronation has lagged behind. the result is an array of programs that overlap or contradict. this is a source of growing frustration and concern. it is also an opportunity to create more forceful and effective programs. the challenge facing u.s. aid and the state department is to work with all the other agencies to coordinate need and support effective implementation of the administration's strategy. this is our core mission, to our permanent wor
third, we are working to improve the coordination of development across washington. in the 21st century, many government agencies have to think and act globally. the treasury department leads and coordinates our nation's engagement with the international financial system. the justice department fights transnational crime. disease kroll -- control is a disease kroll -- control is a global cha so is the quality of air and water way is something the epa has expertise in. a growing number of...
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and on "washington journal" we'll look at the terrorist threat and the government protests in iran and the hivetry and role of the federal reserve. >> several events to tell about today on c-span. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, speaks at the washington center for interns on the role of the military. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at noon eastern, a discussion of conflict in the developing world hosted by the wilson center and catholic relief services. and we'll be live from the national archives at 7:00 p.m. eastern for a discussion of president nixon's meeting with elvis presley in 1970. the photo of the two together is the most requested photo from the archives. >> i'm always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of new regulations. new regulations or regulations of any kind act as a tax. when you tax or regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" republican f.c.c. commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net
and on "washington journal" we'll look at the terrorist threat and the government protests in iran and the hivetry and role of the federal reserve. >> several events to tell about today on c-span. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, speaks at the washington center for interns on the role of the military. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at noon eastern, a discussion of conflict in the developing world hosted by the wilson center and catholic relief...
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...
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yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that you use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of columbia, i got credit for 13.5 lost and the state of new jersey, with credit for 13 lost. the other states are illinois, thank you center, maryland, new york, north carolina, oregon, tennessee, minnesota, california, and washington. there are nine worst states this year. we added, unfortunately, six new states to that category. they are arizona, virginia, vt., pennsylvania, ohio, and nebraska. in order of ranking, the states in the worst category having fewer than half of these 15 basic laws are south dakota with only three of the laws, arizona, north d
yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that you use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of columbia, i got credit for...
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from "washington journal" this is just over 40 minutes. . host: juan zarate is the former deputy national security adviser for counter-terrorism during the bush administration. mr. zarate, could you give your analysis of the president's speech yesterday on the flight bombing? guest: peter, first of all, good morning, thank you for having me. i think the president's speech was an important speech, and the report that came out with it, laid out quite clearly what the u.s. government knew it before december 25, what we have learned since about the potential attack, laid out very clearly and honestly, i think, the failures that occurred. i think the president did a good job, actually, of laying out the facts, and also taking responsibility. you have to give him credit, john brennan, his assistant for homeland security and counter- terrorism, credit, and there seems to be no shirking of responsibility here. but what struck me was that this was more of a failure of the lack of -- of the strategic problem of attacking al qaeda on the homeland with
from "washington journal" this is just over 40 minutes. . host: juan zarate is the former deputy national security adviser for counter-terrorism during the bush administration. mr. zarate, could you give your analysis of the president's speech yesterday on the flight bombing? guest: peter, first of all, good morning, thank you for having me. i think the president's speech was an important speech, and the report that came out with it, laid out quite clearly what the u.s. government...
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and they will report back to washington. i think the voice of the backseat driver's is going to get lost. if we are serious about developing this strategy, and where we see afghan agriculture and development, a long, hard, dirty challenge, as essential to national security, and if the secretary is serious, the real question will be how they are going to listen to each other, and how will they make certain that the debate -- that they understand the major issues. if they get that right, we could transform the debate. if not, this is a huge promise and a lack of delivery. >> thank you very much. i will open this to the floor, and i will take a couple of questions. >> i am from the philadelphia inquirer. when you talk to the ministers in afghanistan, what they say, is can you train the staff because if we can get people trained to go out to the districts, they can do the work that you cannot for security reasons. when i was in afghanistan, the minister from agriculture had one u.s. staff person come to his ministry. this is a l
and they will report back to washington. i think the voice of the backseat driver's is going to get lost. if we are serious about developing this strategy, and where we see afghan agriculture and development, a long, hard, dirty challenge, as essential to national security, and if the secretary is serious, the real question will be how they are going to listen to each other, and how will they make certain that the debate -- that they understand the major issues. if they get that right, we could...
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this is followed by "washington journal." and then the institute of peace looks at the elections in afghanistan. >> on today's washington journal, the republican national committee chairman and a look at the latest unemployment figures with business reporter marilyn geewax. and we will discuss counter- terrorism with juan zarate. >> american icons. three of original documentaries from c-span. a journey through the iconic comes of the three branches of american government. see the details of the supreme court and go beyond the public tours of the white house. and explore the architecture of the capital. a three-disc dvd said. this is one of the many items available at c-span.org. >> the center for american progress posted a report that legalizing undocumented immigrants would reduce unemployment and the economy. the authors discuss their findings with the american immigration council. this is one hour. >> thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be here with the center for american progress. i think that what is startling, is
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"washington times." there is a vacuum if we do not support, but you are saying that one of the reasons that al qaeda is fighting there is this? guest: they are an unusual enemy, often when we do something, it is win-win for them. for example, we did not have an airplane explode on christmas day. but 80% of what they were aiming for was successful. they terrorized the american people, seized the air-traffic system, causing the united states to spend much more money on screening and personnel. suggesting again to the american people that their government cannot protect them. these are choices between bad actions. host: let's hear from one of the callers. ernest, good morning. independent line. caller: sir, i want to find out if you are one of the good cia guys. you say we are not -- you say that we are fighting an enemy that does not exist. al qaeda is a name that we gave them, they did not give it to themselves. i do not know how in tune you are with the last attempt of a terrorist attack. could you expla
"washington times." there is a vacuum if we do not support, but you are saying that one of the reasons that al qaeda is fighting there is this? guest: they are an unusual enemy, often when we do something, it is win-win for them. for example, we did not have an airplane explode on christmas day. but 80% of what they were aiming for was successful. they terrorized the american people, seized the air-traffic system, causing the united states to spend much more money on screening and...
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i know washington likes to sneer at the tea party movement. i had a great privilege of addressing the key party in mind hometown this strange, and i had a profound privilege of being able to address the committee on november 12. fox news channel reported that, but there were between half a million and 1 million people in washington, d.c., who wanted to go take a stand for freedom and limited government, and it inspired me. i said since i got off, -- got off the plane, i arrived terribly encouraged. i am terribly encouraged by men and women who like yourself who have businesses to run, families to raise, but you said, i am going to become involved, and to see a crowd like this to seen the crowd, -- to see a crowd, to read the e-mails -- i have the gentleman say to me yesterday, let me tell you why i put on the uniform and why walked into harm's way for this country, and it was freedom. it was not to have a government take care of me. it was to have a government so i can take care of myself. keep doing what you are doing. that is making an enorm
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it's always nice to get out of washington. there are some nice people in washington, but they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherod? for two years, i had the privilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and the challenges we all face together as a nation. people ask me this all the time. the single hardest thing about being president, is that it's harder for me to do that these days. it is harder to get out of the bubble. don't get me wrong. the white house is a wonderful place to work. you live above the store, which means i have a very short commute. i see my daughters before they go to school, and i see them at night for dinner, even if i have to go back down to the office, and that makes everything so much better. but the truth is, this job is a little confining. and that is frustrating. i can't just go to the barber shop or visit the diner. so, i appreciate the chance to come out here and spend a day - to visit plants like emc nothing beats a da
it's always nice to get out of washington. there are some nice people in washington, but they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherod? for two years, i had the privilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and the challenges we all face together as a nation. people ask me this all the time. the single hardest thing about being president, is that it's harder for me to do that these days. it is harder to get out of the...
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meanwhile the country is rightfully worried that washington is spending too much money. democrats get it and we will do something about it. our country faces hard choices. it can no longer and no longer should be put off. so we're working to pass a strong pay as you go legislation, which is as we speak being considered in the senate this week because the pledge to pay for what we buy is a proven deficit reduce you are. president obama has announced a freeze of discretionary spending which will require us to choose our top priorities for funding. that will not be nearly enough. the single greatest contributor to our deficit is the growing cost of our entitlement programs which is why i'm eager to work with a bipartisan commission. that commission is also under discussion in the united states senate as we speak. even if it is ultimately created by executive order as opposed to statutory, the leadership in congress has pledged to up its recommendations for an up or down vote. if republicans are as concerned about the deficit as they say they are, i hope they will contribute
meanwhile the country is rightfully worried that washington is spending too much money. democrats get it and we will do something about it. our country faces hard choices. it can no longer and no longer should be put off. so we're working to pass a strong pay as you go legislation, which is as we speak being considered in the senate this week because the pledge to pay for what we buy is a proven deficit reduce you are. president obama has announced a freeze of discretionary spending which will...
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it is time to get serious about wednesdaying washington's in-- ending washington's insable appetite for the spending. although a step in the right direction is not enough to secure our financial future. as astounding as our current budget shortfalls are, long-term debt projections are profoundly worse. the peterson pew commission warned that government spending driven by the growth in health care costs in an aging population will almost certainly bring the debt to crisis levels during the next few decades. what is once thought as a scenario that would unfold in the distant future has compounded and become a pressing issue that we must face today. we must reform our largest entitlement programs. we used to think we had ten or so years, but because of the financial crisis, because of the spending binge we've engaged in and because of the massive debts and deficits, this problem is here now, not in ten years. we need to do this. i propose a systemic way to reform our programs, my purpose in putting this legislation out there is not simply to say, you know, we have it all figured out, we ha
it is time to get serious about wednesdaying washington's in-- ending washington's insable appetite for the spending. although a step in the right direction is not enough to secure our financial future. as astounding as our current budget shortfalls are, long-term debt projections are profoundly worse. the peterson pew commission warned that government spending driven by the growth in health care costs in an aging population will almost certainly bring the debt to crisis levels during the next...
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[applause] >> more from the washington center for internships. remarks by former oklahoma congressman mickey edwards, vice-president of the aspen institute. he talks about the relationship between the president and congress. it is an hour. >> delivered but not announced. i want to take special care in introducing our next speaker and preface my introduction by saying there are many people who served in congress and retired and were never heard from again. they perhaps ascended into the world of lobbying or went back home, but very few, i can probably count on the fingers of one hand the former members of congress who are called upon constantly for comment on current developments in american politics. one of them yesterday, chuck yeager, of a much will be heard and alan simpson, former senator from wyoming, the third is someone i have known for a long time, representative mickey edwards who served on the house of representatives, a republican who served on the appropriations committee at a time when the budget committee was in its infancy. he is n
[applause] >> more from the washington center for internships. remarks by former oklahoma congressman mickey edwards, vice-president of the aspen institute. he talks about the relationship between the president and congress. it is an hour. >> delivered but not announced. i want to take special care in introducing our next speaker and preface my introduction by saying there are many people who served in congress and retired and were never heard from again. they perhaps ascended into...
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c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere about jobs, are they the number one issue? guest: it seems that way, after the election in massachusetts, health care seems to be in the back burner. people want jobs, they want the economy to improve, so they will be working on that, and i think he will see that reflected in the state of the union address. host: a more visible role in the white house, over the weekend in "the washington post, they had this, "the white house toughens its town." guest: i think that the white house was taken off guard by what happened in massachusetts. they are at a point right now where they realize that if they do not
c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere...
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to continue to be so washington. i know folks, when we are in town, they spend a lot of time reading the polls and looking at focus groups and interpreting which party has the upper hand in november in 2012, and so on and so on and so on. that is their obsession. i am not a pundit. i'm just the president. take it for what it is worth. i do not believe the american people want us to focus on our job security. they want us to focus on their job security. [applause] i do not think they want more partisanship or more obstruction. they did not send us to washington to fight each other in some sort of political cage match to see who comes out alive. that is not what they want. they sent us to washington to work together and get things done, to solve the problems they are grappling with every single day. i think your constituents would want to know that, despite the fact that it does not get a lot of attention, you and i have actually worked together on a number of occasions. there have been times when we have acted in a bi
to continue to be so washington. i know folks, when we are in town, they spend a lot of time reading the polls and looking at focus groups and interpreting which party has the upper hand in november in 2012, and so on and so on and so on. that is their obsession. i am not a pundit. i'm just the president. take it for what it is worth. i do not believe the american people want us to focus on our job security. they want us to focus on their job security. [applause] i do not think they want more...
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, so on behalf of the washington monthly and a new america thanks for coming. we are here today to discuss this special report just released in the current issue of the washington monthly called the "the agent orange boomerang" which you can read it washington monthly.com. am ghaffari start ridges monta thanked america come less thank the staff of the washington and the ford foundation for his support. from 1962 to 1971 the u.s. military sprayed close to 20 million gallons of the herbicide agent orange across vietnam to defoliate dense jungle in order to better protect personnel and equipment from north to south and to destroy enemy crops. bats burring we now know left behind a residue of dioxin persisted in highly toxin-- toxic chemical and over the next two decades american soldiers who served in vietnam were forced to fight another war, this one to force their own government to recognize the damage done to their bodies into provide health care and other benefits they deserve. washington did so in 1991, when president george h. w. bush signed the agent orange
, so on behalf of the washington monthly and a new america thanks for coming. we are here today to discuss this special report just released in the current issue of the washington monthly called the "the agent orange boomerang" which you can read it washington monthly.com. am ghaffari start ridges monta thanked america come less thank the staff of the washington and the ford foundation for his support. from 1962 to 1971 the u.s. military sprayed close to 20 million gallons of the...
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you made the trip to washington with tim cross. it was only -- >> i think he was already there. >> but he was with you at the meetings, yes. and it was only in mid february that the foreign office set up the iraq planning unit to actually coordinate planning on the aftermath. so why were we so late in focusing on this question if it had been apparent for so long? >> well, i think the reasons that i've already tried to set out, that british forces, i think, are pretty good at this kind of transition. so in the first place the assumption would always have been that we would transit very quickly from war fighting to peace keeping and to normally is called often nation building. and, indeed, that was happening from the moment that, you know, the port at umm qasr was taken specifically to make sure that we had access for shipping to bring in food supplies. so from the moment that was taken there was a railhead, that was absolutely -- i don't think it was particularly a military significant target. it was important for our, for our think
you made the trip to washington with tim cross. it was only -- >> i think he was already there. >> but he was with you at the meetings, yes. and it was only in mid february that the foreign office set up the iraq planning unit to actually coordinate planning on the aftermath. so why were we so late in focusing on this question if it had been apparent for so long? >> well, i think the reasons that i've already tried to set out, that british forces, i think, are pretty good at...
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you can see the characters to play big roles here in washington. lieberman has made a kind of resurrection of late. this looks like it is made of silly putty. he is kind of moving through all of those muscles there. and then there are some people who do not want to go away. thank goodness. cartoonists were cheering when mccain nominated her. then we come to president barack obama. when a politician first comes into the public limelight, the characters are very close to the photographs. over time, the fish gets more exaggerated. last year at this time, when we had the election and post- election, this was barack obama. he looks like he is smiling all the time. in fact, during the campaign, i had made a three-d model of him. i was on a six-city tour with " second city," the improv group. it looked like to talk to the sky and he would talk back. it was very effective at the time. but when he got into office, things started to change. he became more sullen and serious. in dealing with iran, you can see the guy in the back. but here was, obama no longer
you can see the characters to play big roles here in washington. lieberman has made a kind of resurrection of late. this looks like it is made of silly putty. he is kind of moving through all of those muscles there. and then there are some people who do not want to go away. thank goodness. cartoonists were cheering when mccain nominated her. then we come to president barack obama. when a politician first comes into the public limelight, the characters are very close to the photographs. over...
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you really miss washington, i assume? >> you can't guess how much. >> i -- those -- i've listened to the comments of the secretary, your successor, and now you, and i'm listening to the members' questions and how much memory is lost in a year or 14 months from those faithful days in september and october. which all of us hope we never relive, but, in fact, we're very much significantly different than today and the coolness of being able to answer. one of the questions i was particularly interested in, because i was very involved with that time and what was happening with aig. my aspect of having some jurisdiction of insurance. as i understand it, because of financial products in london, was without assets and had a tremendous involvement in counterparty positions for about $2.8 trillion and whose counterparty positions were starting to fail and they had to honor them, their initial internal decision of aig was to use the assets of the world's largest insurance company and they sought permission and it was pending and fina
you really miss washington, i assume? >> you can't guess how much. >> i -- those -- i've listened to the comments of the secretary, your successor, and now you, and i'm listening to the members' questions and how much memory is lost in a year or 14 months from those faithful days in september and october. which all of us hope we never relive, but, in fact, we're very much significantly different than today and the coolness of being able to answer. one of the questions i was...
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it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate what you've done, david. thank you very much. >> mr. david kennedy. >> thank you for moderating this this evening and for everybody coming out. this election a week from now is about the small government candidate against the big government candidate. what you need scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on healthcare. but the reality is, who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i'm the only candidate that will go out there and i will cut spending. i will
it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being...
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washington. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. first we will ask you to turn of sophos or at least put them on beep. i am the director of the commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. our chairman, senator bob gramm and vice chairman senator jim talent will first provide an overview of the report card dewaal half. we will then have some brief remarks from carey who is representing the results of 9/11 and will have to lead back for another hearing of on the hill. and the will of time for q&a after that, so mr. chairman, the floor is yours. >> thank you for a much, mr. kroll larson and for the great leadership that you've provided over this past year. we have started the day with breakfast with families of 9/11. in many ways they are responsible not only for our commission but for the 9/11 commission. it was their emphasis of the importance of understanding what happened in order to prepare america to avoid a repetition that led to the creation of the 9/11 commission. one of the finding
washington. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning. first we will ask you to turn of sophos or at least put them on beep. i am the director of the commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. our chairman, senator bob gramm and vice chairman senator jim talent will first provide an overview of the report card dewaal half. we will then have some brief remarks from carey who is representing the results of 9/11 and will have to lead back for another...
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i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to watch. i have many good friends over there. i'm about to embark on a new venture. i can't announce it yet but i'll be announcing it in the next month or two. anyhow, i am so pleased to be here today. and the foundation have been friends of mine for years now. without entrepreneurs, we don't have job creation and as married to a small business owner, my father being a small business own , a lot of entrepreneurs in my family, something i feel very, very strongly about and i want us to do more to empower the entrepreneurs and look at
i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is about big government candidates against a small government canada. what you need to ask yourself is, scott will spend money on war. martha will spend money on health care. who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will cut spending. i will repeal obamacare and file legislation to end the wars and bring that money back to the people of massachusetts and the rest of the country. i will audit the federal reserve. i am willing to cut the spending. you have to ask yourself, would you w
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is...
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dealing with the rest of washington. to face all of these challenges, we take great confidence from the leadership and the service of our guests today. admiral, mike mullen. >> admiral millennial send now in his second term as chairman of the joint chiefs. a 1968 graduate of an -- annapolis he commanded 3 ships and a cruiser destroyer group. a battle group and fleeting strike atlantic and then served as commander of u.s. and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations. along the way, he graduated from the advanced management program at harvard. harvard business school that is and earned a masters degree from the naval post graduate's school. the lifetime of service was in self preparation for one of the toughest jobs of public life. i am not referring to being a guest on the daily show. [laughter] which the admiral was just last night. rather, serving at a time of war as principle military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the national security council and homeland security council. wi
dealing with the rest of washington. to face all of these challenges, we take great confidence from the leadership and the service of our guests today. admiral, mike mullen. >> admiral millennial send now in his second term as chairman of the joint chiefs. a 1968 graduate of an -- annapolis he commanded 3 ships and a cruiser destroyer group. a battle group and fleeting strike atlantic and then served as commander of u.s. and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations....
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i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that around. we need to do that by modeling confidence so that we can develop confidence so that your first thought is not that they're going to do something wrong, but that they are going to do something right. we have created that through the years with the federal government. the federal government's action with us is that you're guilty until you can prove yourself @@@@%grr@ @ kÑ4@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ educated about the fair tax who did not think it was a great idea. >> the fair tax markedly will help us as a country. what the fair tax does is make us competitive worldwide onÑi te things that we manufacture in this country. it takes the taxes off of what we manufacture and they are not applied until they are sold in this country. if they are sold out of this country
i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that around. we need to do that by modeling confidence so that we can develop confidence so that your first thought is not that they're going to do something wrong, but that they are going to...
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that is the environment that many of us hoped for when it came to washington. that is what the president hoped for. there would be an american way, he was going to bring down the partisanship, and we began the year with a stimulus bill that must $787 billion which was passed with democratic votes. from my standpoint, rather than looking at the coalition's where there are democrats or republicans to support the stimulus plan, health care plan -- that really would enable us to move forward recognizing and that neither party is the repository for having the correct answer. i think, in some ways, the president is driven by the leadership in congress. harry reid and nancy pelosi helped the president make the decision to pass these legislative priorities. getting 218 democrats to vote for a piece of legislation was an easier way to move for a rather than getting 60 democrats and 60 republicans moving legislation forward. they moved to the president in a position that said we recommend you take a more partisan approach and we not go along the bipartisan approach on th
that is the environment that many of us hoped for when it came to washington. that is what the president hoped for. there would be an american way, he was going to bring down the partisanship, and we began the year with a stimulus bill that must $787 billion which was passed with democratic votes. from my standpoint, rather than looking at the coalition's where there are democrats or republicans to support the stimulus plan, health care plan -- that really would enable us to move forward...
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>> the state department itself has an extensive legless program, conducted both in washington, in taipei and in beijing. i myself was one of the first, was the first foreign service officer to study chinese in mainland china after 1949. i went to the johns hopkins center in noshing. >> but the fact that we have an aggressive state department program is indication we don't have language skills within the america public at large. where do you see that in terms of as we move ahead? >> i agree that we need -- we need more chinese language skills developed within the american public at large. we've seen greater growth in chinese language, teaching in high schools and at the university level. and in this regard, the president has announced a very strong initiative during his trip to increase the number of american students in china to 100,000 over the next four years ago we will be working to implement that in the coming weeks and months. >> thank you all for your service. >> i think the german. mr. bartlett? >> to mr. sasquatch and, i would suggest china has two concerns that largely a limite
>> the state department itself has an extensive legless program, conducted both in washington, in taipei and in beijing. i myself was one of the first, was the first foreign service officer to study chinese in mainland china after 1949. i went to the johns hopkins center in noshing. >> but the fact that we have an aggressive state department program is indication we don't have language skills within the america public at large. where do you see that in terms of as we move ahead?...
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a degree but the prime minister's commitment has given tactical reasons came and the assumption in washington that we were going to be with them because the way which it was expressed their for actually undermined the traction in those negotiations so we are trying to grapple our way between two different negotiations ç>> the hearing will come to order. this is the second in a series of hearings will examine where the intelligence reforms in the wake of the attack of 9/11 are working. to examine the reforms in the light of recent terrorist attacks and the ongoing threat in what we have done earlier may need further reform so that we cannot fulfill our responsibility to protect the homeland security of the american people. i want to go back to last week's first before we focus on this one. i very much appreciated the fact all of the witnesses in last week's hearings, and dennis blair, janet napolitano, all acknowledge that mistakes were made with regard to the christmas day attack on the plane over detroit. all three offered to work with each other and with this committee to make our existin
a degree but the prime minister's commitment has given tactical reasons came and the assumption in washington that we were going to be with them because the way which it was expressed their for actually undermined the traction in those negotiations so we are trying to grapple our way between two different negotiations ç>> the hearing will come to order. this is the second in a series of hearings will examine where the intelligence reforms in the wake of the attack of 9/11 are working....
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>> i am robert from the university of washington. you mentioned that in this kind of unification fashion, either by the implosions in north korea, with the unification, if i can distinguish this, this is about two different kinds of reunification. there is germany, and this was strongly in the west with the united states and other western states, and east germany actually had russian political controls with the economic support. but if you say in north korea and south korea, north korea does not have any major superpower. china is not necessarily in control of north korea. i would like to see people discussing the east-german reunification policy. these issues have been strongly mentioned -- i would like to know your opinion. >> i do not know if you wanted to make a comment because you were in germany. i was reading a couple of things that were sent to me, and it was true that the russian soldiers were present when east germany fell. they are " -- a quickly and quietly exited the country. north korea does not have that. this is a tes
>> i am robert from the university of washington. you mentioned that in this kind of unification fashion, either by the implosions in north korea, with the unification, if i can distinguish this, this is about two different kinds of reunification. there is germany, and this was strongly in the west with the united states and other western states, and east germany actually had russian political controls with the economic support. but if you say in north korea and south korea, north korea...
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learn more at c-span.org/slink in book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: brian michael jenkins is a senior advisor at the rand corp., a former captainith army special forces and has testified numerous times on terrorism, international and homegrown terrorism. i want to start looking at 2009 with major hasan, and the somalis recruited from minnesota and those from northern virginia who went to pakistan and more recently flight 253, the alleged bomber. what does this say about recruitment from al qaeda and other radical groups both here in the u.s. -- in the u.s. and abroad? guest: it continues to exhort followers toward violence worldwide. what has happened is the conflict we are currently in has really completely destroyed any notion that armies are made up of individuals from a single nationality under a single organization. you see individuals from all over the globe, d.c. the attempt on the northwest flight, from nigeria who received training in yemen, or we see young men in minnesota recruited to go off and fight in various jihadist friends in pa
learn more at c-span.org/slink in book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: brian michael jenkins is a senior advisor at the rand corp., a former captainith army special forces and has testified numerous times on terrorism, international and homegrown terrorism. i want to start looking at 2009 with major hasan, and the somalis recruited from minnesota and those from northern virginia who went to pakistan and more recently flight 253, the alleged bomber. what does this say...
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this is true of bailouts of washington just as it is true of our own approach to spending. as we have a second opportunity in these trying economic times and that is to pass spending limits. i donner when it will ever happen if it doesn't happen in this budget year and so i join with thousands of others across the state in simply asking that you pass meaningful and real spending limits this year. and if you are not listening, i would ask that you make again respectful but loud noise for change in this notion of spending limits. while on the topic of spending by would say that there is one other thing we need to do and that is make our voices heard in washington. everyone knows my opinion on the fallacy of stimulus money and my belief that lasting jobs and economic growth can never come from a government bailout. i will restate my beliefs on how damaging those efforts are to the future generations, the american dollar and long term viability of both south carolina and american economies. but there is a new threat to the dollar, to financial stability and to this country is d
this is true of bailouts of washington just as it is true of our own approach to spending. as we have a second opportunity in these trying economic times and that is to pass spending limits. i donner when it will ever happen if it doesn't happen in this budget year and so i join with thousands of others across the state in simply asking that you pass meaningful and real spending limits this year. and if you are not listening, i would ask that you make again respectful but loud noise for change...